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Just one day after a jury ordered the Westboro Baptist Church to pay the father of a fallen Marine nearly 11 million dollars, there's activity at the Phelps compound.
A bomb squad is on the scene at 12th and Orleans, the location of the Phelps family compound and the Westboro Baptist Church.
Topeka Police were called to the scene just after 10 Thursday morning to investigate some graffiti that had been sprayed on a sign and a fence. On the sign, someone had spray-painted the message, "God hates the Phelps". On the fence was painted, "God hates intolerance".
While investigating the graffiti, police discovered two fireworks-type devices. One of them had been lit, but had not exploded.
Police have no suspects at this time and their investigation continues.
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Comments
likearock (anonymous) says...
Men fight against powers and principalities, not against flesh and blood.
God does not hate at all.
God is Love and our only source of Love.
The Author of all confusion, wrangling and hatred is God's nemesis; the devil and his demons which decieve and defile mankind.
Phelps can not tell a homosexual to stop being a homosexual, no more than a homosexual can tell Phelps to stop his picketing.
Change comes from within a person with the help of God, but only when we want to serve God with spirtual integrity.
November 3, 2007 at 2:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
likearock (anonymous) says...
GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS
The few Americans with strength enough to serve when our Nation calls.
November 3, 2007 at 2:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
wendy (anonymous) says...
This kind of act only puts those responsible on the same level as the Phelps. It serves no purpose but to perpetuate hate. I abhore the Phelps acts but I thank them also... because of them it has brought thousands of American patriots together in the form of the Patriot Guard and other acts of patriotism in support of our troops from people all over the United States. We are a strong country and will withstand all the "Phelps" clans hate with acts of love and kindness.
November 5, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )